Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

PEMBROLIZUMAB for Cervical HSIL (CIN 2-3) | Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN 2-3)

Phase II trial of PEMBROLIZUMAB for Cervical HSIL (CIN 2-3) | Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN 2-3). open-label. 45 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Cervical HSIL (CIN 2-3) | Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN 2-3)
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Monoclonal antibody

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
24-09-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
12-11-2024

Trial design

open-label Phase II trial across 4 sites in Italy.

Open Label
Yes
Target Sample Size
45
Trial Duration For Participant
252

Eligibility

Recruits 45 Vulnerable population selected. Consent must be provided in writing by the participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable). Participants must be at least 18 years old; no mention of assent or enrolment of minors in the provided criteria or documents..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment.
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population selected. Consent must be provided in writing by the participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable). Participants must be at least 18 years old; no mention of assent or enrolment of minors in the provided criteria or documents.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Female participants who are at least 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent with histologically confirmed diagnosis of cervical HSIL OR vulvar VIN 2-3 lesions will be enrolled in this study.\n- A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant (see Appendix 3), not breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies: a.) Not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) as defined in Appendix 3 OR b.) A WOCBP who agrees to follow the contraceptive guidance in Appendix 3 during the treatment period and for at least 3 months after the last dose of study treatment.\n- The participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable) provides written informed consent for the trial.\n- Have provided archival tumor tissue sample (if pre treatment biopsy performed at other institution) or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of the lesion. Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks are preferred to slides. Newly obtained biopsies are preferred to archived tissue. Note: If submitting unstained cut slides, newly cut slides should be submitted to the testing laboratory within 14 days from the date slides are cut.\n- Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1. Evaluation of ECOG is to be performed within 7 days prior to the date of registration\n- Have adequate organ function as defined in the following table (Table 1). Specimens must be collected within 10 days prior to the start of study treatment.\n- Patient previously diagnosis with CIN 1-2-3 or VIN 1-2-3 are eligible in the study."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- A WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to study drug treatment. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required. Note: in the event that 72 hours have elapsed between the screening pregnancy test and the first dose of study treatment, another pregnancy test (urine or serum) must be performed and must be negative in order for subject to start receiving study medication.\n- Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.\n- Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.\n- Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis.\n- Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.\n- Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Note: No HIV testing is required unless mandated by local health authority.\n- Has a known history of Hepatitis B (defined as Hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or known active Hepatitis C virus (defined as qualitative HCV RNA is detected) infection. Note: no testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C is required unless mandated by local health authority.\n- Has a known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis).\n- Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the subject’s participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.\n- Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.\n- Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment.\n- Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, OX-40, CD137).\n- Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks [could consider shorter interval for kinase inhibitors or other short half-life drugs] prior to inclusion in the trial. Note: Participants must have recovered from all AEs due to previous therapies to ≤Grade 1 or baseline. Participants with ≤Grade 2 neuropathy may be eligible. Note: If participant received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting study treatment.\n- Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study treatment. Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-CNS disease.\n- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (eg, FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.\n- Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment. Note: Participants who have entered the follow-up phase of an investigational study may participate as long as it has been 4 weeks after the last dose of the previous investigational agent.\n- Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug.\n- Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years. Note: Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (e.g. breast carcinoma) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.\n- Has known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are radiologically stable, i.e. without evidence of progression for at least 4 weeks by repeat imaging (note that the repeat imaging should be performed during study screening), clinically stable and without requirement of steroid treatment for at least 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of subjects with no evidence of cervical HSIL on histology at surgical treatment.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured as the proportion of subjects with no evidence of cervical HSIL on histology at surgical treatment (histopathologic assessment / histology)"}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of subjects with no evidence of vulvar VIN 2-3 on histology at surgical treatment.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured as the proportion of subjects with no evidence of vulvar VIN 2-3 on histology at surgical treatment (histopathologic assessment)"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence and severity of systemic events for the duration of the study (CTCAE version 5.0).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Adverse events graded using CTCAE v5.0; incidence and severity summarized over study duration"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of subjects with downstaging of cervical and vulvar pre-neoplastic lesion on histology.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by histopathologic assessment comparing baseline and post-treatment lesion grade"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients with no evidence of HPV by HPV testing at Week 36 visit.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Virologic clearance measured by HPV testing at Week 36 visit"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of subjects with no progression of cervical HSIL and vulvar VIN 2-3 to cervical and vulvar carcinoma respectively from baseline on histology.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by histopathologic assessment for progression to carcinoma from baseline"}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
45
Recruitment Window Months
71
Consent Approach
Written informed consent required from the participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable). Subject information and informed consent form documents are available (documents indicate Italian language versions: L1_SIS and ICF_IT). Participants must be adults (≥18); no assent process for minors is described.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
4
Total Number Of Participants
45

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
09-08-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
01-09-2025
Processing Time Days
388
Number Of Sites
4
Number Of Participants
45

Sites

Site Name
Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.
Department Name
Gynecologic Oncology Unit
Contact Person Name
Domenica Lorusso
Contact Person Email
domenica.lorusso@hunimed.eu
Site Name
ARNAS Garibaldi Di Catania
Department Name
P.O. Nesima - UOC ostetricia e Ginecologia
Contact Person Name
Marco D'Asta
Contact Person Email
mdasta@arnasgaribaldi.it
Site Name
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Department Name
Salute della donna, del bambino e sanità pubblica - Farmacologia clinica - Oncologia Medica
Contact Person Name
Caterina Ricci
Site Name
Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
Department Name
UO Ginecologia e Ostetricia
Contact Person Name
Chiara Cassani
Contact Person Email
ch.cassani@smatteo.pv.it

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Italy

Third parties

  • {"country":"Italy","full_name":"Depo-pack S.r.l.","duties_or_roles":"code 14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Italy","full_name":"Fullcro S.r.l.","duties_or_roles":"code 12","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
KEYTRUDA 25 mg/mL concentrate for solution for infusion
Active Substance
PEMBROLIZUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous infusion
Route
Intravenous infusion
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/15/1024/002)
Maximum Dose
200 mg

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